Ah, what a shame. Better luck next mag.
Any way, once again, I'm with Vix. While I'll be willing to give the benefit of the doubt to almost any type of Rockman game, my heart will always yearn for another stylish side-scroller Rockman, or a new DASH.
Hell, if it MUST have "Hobby-style" (EXE, Ryuusei) aspects attached, I say, why not try and go for something like attaching a CV:SOTN style gameplay to a Rockman Zero-style engine?
Everybody would stand to win! Those who want their hobby-style collect-a-thons will have what they desire, but we of the side-scroller brotherhood will have the kind of gameplay we want to sink our teeth into. They could even have a "Vs." mode that could actually be a competent mode, if Inti was at the helm.
On the other hand....I still wonder about "Scramble Battle"....